Explorer and naval administrator. Born Devon, the younger brother of Stephen.
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William Borough
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Sir Martin Frobisher
Privateer, explorer, and naval commander. Â Born Normanton, Yorkshire, birth date approximate. Â Aged 15 sent to London to learn a trade at his uncle's, who was a merchant adventurer. Â Frobisher expl...
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William Fowler
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Henry Robertson Bowers
One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Lieutenant in the Navy. Nicknamed Birdie due to his beak-like nose.
3 memorials
Henry Wilks
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Amelia Edwards
Egyptologist, novelist, journalist, traveller. Born Colebrook Row, Islington. A successful novelist, her first visit to Egypt in 1873 caused her to change the course of her life. The destruction of...
1 memorial
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